Translated from the French by Adriana Hunter Winner of the Prix Goncourt 2011, Selected for Waterstones 11 2013 Five words from the blurb: meningitis, death, son, grief, life Michel Rostain’s teenage son died suddenly from a virulent strain of meningitis. The Son is the fictionalised story of a family who lose their son to the same disease. It is [...]
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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Five words from the blurb: diary, girl, tsunami, change, life A Tale for the Time Being is an unusual mixture of Japanese and Western literature. The book begins with Ruth, a woman living on a remote Canadian island, discovering a lunchbox on the beach. The lunchbox is one of many items to be washed across [...]
The Uninvited by Liz Jensen
Five words from the blurb: child, violence, Asperger’s, psychological, connect As you may know, I make an effort to read as many books as possible that contain characters with Asperger’s syndrome. On Autism Awareness Day Hannah pointed out that The Uninvited fitted my criteria and so I added it to the top of my wish-list. By a strange [...]
The Engagement by Chloe Hooper
Five words from the blurb: weekend, handsome, man, property, trap Chloe Hooper was shortlisted for the Orange Prize her debut novel, A Child’s Book of True Crime. Her new book, The Engagement, is getting a lot of positive press in Australia and since I had an unsolicited review copy sitting on my shelf I decided [...]
Encounter with Tiber by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes
Five words from the blurb: Earth, species, starfaring, space, future I hadn’t heard of this book until I read about it in Moondust a few weeks ago. Intrigued by the idea of an astronaut writing a scientifically accurate sci-fi novel, I ordered a copy from my library. I’m pleased that I did because this is one [...]
First Novel by Nicholas Royle
Five words from the blurb: creative, writing, mystery, blend, fact First Novel is an original, experimental piece of meta-fiction. The central character teaches creative writing at a university in Manchester and has an obsession with first novels. The book is packed with literary references, but these are the only things in the book that are [...]
![A SUITABLE BOY [A Suitable Boy ] BY Seth, Vikram(Author)Paperback 01-Oct-2005](http://images2.farmlanebooks.co.uk/2012/12/suit.jpg "A SUITABLE BOY [A Suitable Boy ] BY Seth, Vikram(Author)Paperback 01-Oct-2005")
